Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s popularity has sunk to its lowest ever level after the prime minister scrapped a series of climate pledges. The prime minister’s net favourability rating has plunged to a record -45, according […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Liberal Democrats will commit to doubling pay for parental leave and increase the amount of time parents can take off work by nine weeks. Under a new policy expected to pass at […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s decision to backtrack on key climate policies could leave Conservative MPs in blue-wall seats vulnerable, polling suggests. Research by pollsters Survation found support for climate action particularly high in Tory-held constituencies […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The UK’s summit on artificial intelligence will look at protecting “humanity’s future” by countering the risk of “losing control of the machines”, the Deputy Prime Minister has told world leaders. In a speech […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Tens of thousands of anti-Brexit campaigners will descend on central London on Saturday in a bid to put rejoining the EU back on the […] More
It’s been over three years since the UK officially left the European Union however France and Germany have recently drafted plans for an “four-tier Europe” with one tier that could include “even the UK”. News of these proposals came after Sir Keir Starmer held talks in Paris with President Emmanuel Macron but Labour have been dropped previously by voters who don’t want a closer relationship with the rest of the continent.John Rentoul, The Independent’s chief political commentator, answers your questions on what the proposal is and how it could reopen Brexit arguments. More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Labour has hit back after the Tories accused Keir Starmer of wanting to “unpick” Brexit if he wins the next general election. Sir Keir […] More
Larry the Cat “doesn’t get on” with Rishi Sunak’s dog, his wife Akshata Murty has revealed in her first interview.The chief mouser to the Cabinet Office has had some “heated exchanges” with the family’s labrador Nova, who has had “mixed emotions” about living at 10 Downing Street.”Larry’s come out on top,” the businesswoman said.Despite the tensions between the animals, Ms Murty told the Sky Kids FYI show that she felt “honoured” to live in the prime minister’s official residence. More
